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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml | 42 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml index 1a4baa5c08..1555af1d48 100644 --- a/docs/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/security/passdbbackend.xml @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ <samba:parameter name="passdb backend" context="G" - type="list" + type="list" advanced="1" developer="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> - <para>This option allows the administrator to chose which backends - to retrieve and store passwords with. This allows (for example) both - smbpasswd and tdbsam to be used without a recompile. Multiple - backends can be specified, separated by spaces. The backends will be - searched in the order they are specified. New users are always added - to the first backend specified. </para> + <para>This option allows the administrator to chose which backend + will be used for storing user and possibly group information. This allows + you to swap between dfferent storage mechanisms without recompile. </para> - <para>This parameter is in two parts, the backend's name, and a 'location' + <para>The parameter value is divided into two parts, the backend's name, and a 'location' string that has meaning only to that particular backed. These are separated by a : character.</para> @@ -46,41 +43,16 @@ </para> </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">nisplussam</command> - - The NIS+ based passdb backend. Takes name NIS domain as - an optional argument. Only works with sun NIS+ servers. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><command moreinfo="none">mysql</command> - - The MySQL based passdb backend. Takes an identifier as - argument. Read the Samba HOWTO Collection for configuration - details. - </para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> </para> Examples of use are: <programlisting> -passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb \ - smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd - -or - -passdb backend = ldapsam:ldaps://ldap.example.com - -or - -passdb backend = ldapsam:"ldap://ldap-1.example.com \ - ldap://ldap-2.example.com" +passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/private/passdb.tdb or -passdb backend = mysql:my_plugin_args tdbsam +passdb backend = ldapsam:"ldap://ldap-1.example.com ldap://ldap-2.example.com" </programlisting> </description> |